20 years ago, Fadia Rafeedie, brilliant young Palestinian, and University Medalist, spoke at her UC Berkeley graduation. Madeline Albright spoke before her. After, Fadia threw away her notes, breathed fire and made headlines. Her words are still powerful: berkeley.edu/news/features/…

It's even worse when you read the fine print. Yes, all the net job losses were among women, while men gained overall. Go ahead, guess for yourself which racial/ethnic subset of women did *not* experience job losses in December, and then go read the article.

R.I.P. Babylon 5 and Lost actress Mira Furlan dlvr.it/Rr7NP8

.MSNBC hyperventilating on behalf of Wall Street, looking a lot like Fox News defending Trump.

Mars bars for a Mars landing! #countdowntomars

Fascinating.

"Thank God I'm safe, nobody can get me here," LaPierre recalled thinking after he fled to a private yacht. huffp.st/l7tLjgT

A novel way of looking at corruption. Map shows what share% of households paid a bribe when accessing basic services. Source: buff.ly/31YZQPS HT Transparency International

Пак мачкаат очи со дрвца по терасите. Предвидливо и очајно... А да и веќе видено.

"Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups." NEIL GAIMAN

.Venko Filipce во 21-ви век за жени ги смета само тие што се сопруги и мајки. Средновековни гледишта и дискриминација, какви што навистина доминираат во македонскиот здравствен систем, ви излетуваат намерно или ненамерно, така што не ќе да е дека е жената на прво место.

Actual Stasi behavior. #adichie JessDeWahls🧴 archive.is/kpxAw

Daughter, 17: Who is Kate Moss? 🤯

I expected #dontlookupnetflix to be pretentious af, but it is absurdly on point. Almost " Modest Proposal", honestly. (I can just imagine people tuning out when DiCaprio goes on and on about peer review.)

I thought this was a parody.

The comparison was one of many made in the media that have been criticized as racist and dehumanizing. huffpost.com/entry/media-ra…

'If sex and gender are blurred together, how can we discuss who’s being discriminated against and why? In the workplace, a woman might be sacked because she got pregnant, which is sex discrimination. A trans woman might be sacked because of transphobia.These are different issues'

Ajvar and caviar: Many of us first learned about the Balkan red pepper sauce / relish / spread called "ajvar" in this post:  "Bosnian menu" (7/28/22).  Simplicissimus contributed a nice comment in which it was averred that the BCS… dlvr.it/SVt3tL

On coronation day, I remember what a banger Common People was: youtu.be/yuTMWgOduFM